Find out how popular the last name McCroan is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named McCroan.

McCroan, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the McCroan surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of McCroan in America

McCroan is the 91625th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The McCroan surname appeared 201 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname McCroan.

We can also compare 2010 data for McCroan to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name McCroan

The surname McCroan originates from Scotland, where it first emerged in the 14th century. It is a variant of the Scottish surname McCrone, derived from the Gaelic personal name Crón, meaning "brown" or "swarthy."

According to historical records, one of the earliest known instances of the McCroan surname appears in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland in 1376, where a person named Duncan McCroan is mentioned. This suggests that the name was already established in Scotland by the late medieval period.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the McCroan name was concentrated in the Scottish Highlands, particularly in the regions of Argyll and Inverness-shire. Some notable bearers of the name from this era include John McCroan, a landowner in Argyll born around 1550, and Angus McCroan, a merchant from Inverness who lived in the late 1600s.

In the 18th century, the McCroan surname began to spread beyond Scotland as families migrated to other parts of the British Isles and abroad. One well-known figure from this time was Robert McCroan (1730-1802), a Scottish-born soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War and later settled in Canada.

Other notable McCroans throughout history include:

1. William McCroan (1810-1891), a Scottish-born businessman and philanthropist in Australia.
2. James McCroan (1835-1907), a Canadian politician and lawyer from Ontario.
3. Margaret McCroan (1857-1933), an Irish-born artist and painter based in London.
4. John McCroan (1873-1947), a Scottish-born labor leader and trade unionist in the United States.
5. David McCroan (1920-2005), a Scottish-born academic and professor of history at the University of Edinburgh.

While the McCroan name has evolved over time, with various spellings such as McCrone, McCroun, and McCroone appearing in historical records, the core meaning and Scottish origins of the surname have endured for centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name McCroan

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname McCroan.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for McCroan was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of McCroan has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name McCroan was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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